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HIV and "normal" lifespan

Posted by Blixer, 3 Replies

I ran across this on the John Hopkins site posted by someone asking a question there and thought it was interesting:
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can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

can you still live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+? for how long??? Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

can you live a normal life without medicines if your HIV+??? How long can live without these medicines? Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

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can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

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"Near-normal" lifespan

Hi Dr. Ben,I often see the statement that people with HIV who are on treatment, who live a healthy lifestyle, etc., can expect to live a "near-normal" lifespan or have a "near-normal" life-expectancy. You said a similar thing in...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post and words.I think that you're overthinking this admittedly important point (you call it nitpicking).Like any forecast-- these are just predictions. So when I say normal or near-normal, I mean that I don't expect HIV... Read more »

quick question on normal lifespan

What do you mean by close to normal lifespan? By that i mean when you respond you can live a normal or close to normal lifespan?...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

I would say normal life span, but since it is hard to predict 30 to 50 years into the future close to normal seems a more prudent prediction. We simply don't have experience with decades long treatment of HIV infection so no one knows the... Read more »

Lifespan W/ HIV

Best case and worst case scenerio, how long can a healthy male diagnosed with HIV expect to live if he has good quality healthcare and takes care of himself. I cannot find statistic on this although I have tried....

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

The best case scenario is that a person could live out his normal life expectancy. I have dozens in my practice who I firmly believe will do just that. As for the worse case scenario, I think you could figure out the answer to that question.... Read more »

Hiv lifespan question

I have read many posts that say that if you take your medicines for hiv exactly as prescribed you will live a normal lifespan. Is this true? If it is then why are so many people in the world dying from it if it was this easy to treat?...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Right now we don't know the answer to this critical question, "what is the long-term prognosis of treated HIV infection?" The bad news is that we will not have this answer until you and I have lived out our normal life span and... Read more »

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